Light pollution
Subtitle: responses and remedies
By: Bob Mizon.
Series: Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Light pollution; Astronomy -- Observations
Genres: Observations.
Description: Light-pollution is the modern scourge of optical astronomy. More and more observing sites are being lost as the glare of city lighting blots out the night sky. Professional astronomical observatories are located far from cities, but amateur astronomers often do not have this luxury. This book considers the two available strategies open to astronomers - get rid of the light pollution by lobbying Authorities and Standards Organisations, and minimise its effects by using the correct instrumentation. The book contains an extensive detailed catalogue of deep-sky and other objects that - despite what one might believe - can be seen from variously light-polluted sites, for practical observers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-214) and indexes.